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Zhu Rou Bai Cai Tang (Pork and Napa Cabbage Soup)
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Zhu Rou Bai Cai Tang (Pork and Napa Cabbage Soup) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Bring a pot of water to a boil and blanch the pork ribs for 3 minutes to remove impurities, then drain and rinse well.
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Return the ribs to the pot with the fresh water and ginger and bring to a boil, skimming any foam.
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Reduce to a gentle simmer, cover partially, and cook until the pork is tender, about 20 minutes.
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Add the napa cabbage and simmer until soft and translucent, about 6 minutes.
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Season with the white pepper and salt, tasting and adjusting.
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Ladle into bowls, scatter with scallions, and serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Zhu Rou Bai Cai Tang (Pork and Napa Cabbage Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Zhu Rou Bai Cai Tang (Pork and Napa Cabbage Soup) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 430 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
- Fat
- 34 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 12 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Zhu Rou Bai Cai Tang (Pork and Napa Cabbage Soup) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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